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National Museum to celebrate International Museum Day22 at the National Museum, New Delhi, from16-20

New Delhi, May 15: National Museum to celebrate International Museum Day2022 at the National Museum, New Delhi, from16th-20th May,2022. Every evening there will be special live performances in the National Museum Auditorium


Swati Bhat

On the occasion of the International Museum Day 2022, the National Museum is offering a mixed bag of online and offline activities and events, designed for both young and adults, during the five days.

The exciting line-up of activities include Teachers’ Training Workshop in collaboration with CCRT, Dwarka; Mata Sundari College, Delhi and Indian Culture portal. This would be followed by a one-day Museum Educators’ meet which would see the participation of various central and state government museums across Delhi. The Museum is collaborating with the Heritage Lab, Flow India, Access for All and ‘Heritage for the Educators’ meet. The Educators’ Meet is NM’s pilot initiative, which has been conceptualized with an attempt at bringing government museum educators together on one platform to share and discuss about opportunities, challenges and their achievable solutions.

The National Museum will be open for extended opening hours on May 18, 19 and 20th i.e. from 10: am to 9:00 pm. And keeping this in consideration, the museum has designed gallery walks lead by curators, consultants and senior NM walk leaders, hands-on activities for children and activity counters for walk-in visitors, a special session with NM conservators etc. The museum is also organizing dedicated walks and activities for children representing different NGOs.

Every evening there will be special live performances in the National Museum Auditorium. All performances will start at 7:00 pm each day. The SADHO Band will be performing Sufi Music on May 18th, Sudha Jagannath and her ofBrihanayika Natryasurabhe will be performing Bharatnatyam on May 19th, while Shagun Butani and her group from Sudhayaa Dance Foundation would present ABHISAAR, an Odissi performance compositions from the traditional repertoire of Odissi that find an echo in some of the artefacts at display in the National Museum.

The National Museum offers a unique rendezvous with ideas and experiences for visitors of all age groups, backgrounds and interests, and NM has been working towards creating interest and awareness towards history, and arts among different audiences. International Museum Day is celebrated by museums across the globe on May 18th, with the aim to generate awareness about the significant role of museums in community building, national and international cooperation as well as cultural exchange.


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Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated album 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers' released

Washington [US], May 15: Kendrick Lamar's new album 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers', which was eagerly awaited by the fans, is finally out now.


Swati Bhat

Album Cover


The album has come just two days after he revealed the album cover on Instagram on Wednesday. Clicked by photographer Renell Medrano, the cover garnered immense support from fans and celebrities as well. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Roddy Ricch; producers MixedByAli and Mike Will Made-It, actors Yara Shahidi and Keith Powers along with many more liked and commented on the post.

Shouting out Lamar's California hometown, Ricch commented, "Compton Jesus." Prior to releasing the album cover, Lamar released his song 'the Heart Part 5' with an accompanying music video. The visuals are a close-up of the rapper 'spitting bars' through the song's entirety as his face morphs into the likes of O.J. Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, Kobe Bryant, Will Smith and Nipsey Hussle.

In 2018, Kendrick's album 'DAMN' earned a Pulitzer Prize in music. To date, the rapper has appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 50 times, scoring eight top 10 entries and two No. 1 hits -- with his solo track "Humble" and his feature on Taylor Swift's tune "Bad Blood."


Nigerian Artist “Draws” Hyperrealistic Portraits by Burning Wood

Nigeria, May 15: Nigerian artist Alex Peter Idoko creates exquisite drawings without the use of a pencil, pen, or paintbrush.


Pritish Bagdi

Instead, the 30-year-old artist utilizes pyrography—or wood burning—to bring his subjects to life. With this unconventional technique, he masterfully renders the delicate textures of people's skin and hair with fire until they resemble hyperrealistic portraits.

Originally, from Lagos, Nigeria, Idoko has been passionate about portrait art since he was a student. While his practice began in graphite, charcoal, and pastel, he eventually gravitated towards pyrography art for its powerful visual effects. This process requires him to torch the surface of wood until he achieves the desired darkness, occasionally relying on a razor to scrape away excess. His portfolio of work ranges from conventional portraiture to surrealist depictions emphasizing Black stories.

“Idoko's works reference African realities, he primarily concerns himself with writing, rebranding, and editing the Black story by bringing to the limelight Blacks of every continent while accessing issues and challenges that surround them and also setting positive images that would serve as a bearing to the new generation [of] African/Blacks born and unborn,” it says on the artist's website. “These artworks are created to lend voice to all who lack the power to speak in the public domain about sensitive issues that affect humanity, which he then skillfully executes as realism.”

You can purchase prints of Idoko's artwork via his website, and keep up to date with the artist's latest projects by following him on Instagram.




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